SULFATE OF N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID HOMOPOLYMER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ANTI-HIV DRUG CONTAINING SAID SULFATE, METHOD OF TREATING AIDS WITH SAID SULFATE, USE OF SAID SULFATE FOR TREATING AIDS, AND USE OF SAID SULFATE FOR PRODUCING THE DRUG

摘要

A sulfate of an N-acetylneuraminic acid homopolymer represented by general formula (I) (wherein R represents H or SO₃H, and n represents 5 to 1,000, provided that the number of the SO₃H residues is 0.1 to 3 per molecule of the N-acetylneuraminic acid residues) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a process for producing the sulfate; an anti-HIV drug containing the sulfate as the active ingredient; a method of treating AIDS with the sulfate; the use of the sulfate for treating AIDS; and the use of the sulfate for producing the drug.